单词 | sociopathy |
释义 | sociopathyn. Originally Psychology and Psychiatry. Originally: a condition of mental deficiency leading to criminal or antisocial behaviour (cf. sociopath n.) (disused). In later use: = antisocial personality disorder n. at antisocial adj. and n. Additions (cf. psychopathy n. 1) (now rare). More generally (also hyperbolically): antisocial, violent, or selfish behaviour. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > personality disorders > sociopathy or maladjustment maladjustment1909 sociopathy1918 1918 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 26 Dec. 804/2 In the matter of sociopathy, psychopathy (heredity) is an intrinsic factor and environment an accessory factor. 1930 G. E. Partridge in Amer. Jrnl. Psychiatry 10 55 We may use the term ‘sociopathy’ to mean anything deviated or pathological in social relations. 1968 Listener 26 Sept. 408/1 In America ‘psychopathy’ has been replaced by ‘sociopathy’. 1989 W. Deverell Mindfield 158 Hold on—could Satorius, even with his moral illness, his sociopathy have been a part of that? 1991 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 16 Mar. 668/1 A survey..of psychiatrists who were ‘born again’ Christians found that they rated the Bible and prayer as better than drug treatments for suicidal intent, grief reactions, sociopathy, and alcoholism. 2001 Times 5 Dec. ii. 12/2 Their portability means that they come in handy on those occasions of enforced sociopathy that the festive season brings: long car journeys; post-prandial lie-downs in darkened rooms; or simply hiding from one's family. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1918 |
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